Reviews

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H. S. M. Coxeter, M. Emmer, R. Penrose, M. Teuber, eds.,M. C. Escher: Art and Science, Amsterdam: North-Holland (1986).MATHGoogle Scholar

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Doris Schattschneider, “M. C. Escher’s classification system for his colored periodic drawings,” in [5], 82–96.Google Scholar

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Hermann Weyl,Symmetry, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1952).MATHGoogle Scholar